'For the person or persons that hold dominion, can no more combine with the keeping up of majesty the running with harlots drunk or naked about the streets, or the performances of a stage player, or the open violation or contempt of laws passed by themselves than they can combine existence with non-existence'.

- Benedict de Spinoza. Political Treatise. 1677.




Monday, May 31, 2010

on certainty 491


10.4
491. “Do I know or do I only believe that I am called L.W?” – Of course if the question were “Am I certain or do I only surmise…?” then my answer could be relied on.



even if you answer –

that you surmise –

i.e. that you are not certain –

that answer – that proposal

that proposition –

is open to question –

open to doubt –

as with any answer –

to any question –

as with any proposal –

any proposition –

you put forward


© greg t. charlton. 2010.